Comments on: Above acrophobia

By: To be caught off guard: Taking Inventory, 2009 | Poor Penmanship

To be caught off guard: Taking Inventory, 2009 | Poor Penmanship — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:58:38 +0000

[...] 5. An impressive friend [...]

By: rassles

rassles — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:22:22 +0000

Theresa, you are a big wuss.

(Kidding, of course.)

Congrats on leaping rivers in a single bound. I probably would have just walked through the damn thing. I mean, I KNOW I would have just walked through the damn thing, and then Erin would have snickered at me for being lame and anti-nimble.

By: She Was Just Like Daniel Boone « Diary of a Derby Girl

She Was Just Like Daniel Boone « Diary of a Derby Girl — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:12:50 +0000

[...] blogged about my mountaineering and even has video of the momentary freak out I had trying to cross a stream on the way back to the [...]

By: Theresa Roach

Theresa Roach — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:07:01 +0000

haha. you’re all so sweet! thanks!

erin, i’ll have to come back to utah for more crazy hiking soon. :)

By: Garrett

Garrett — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:38:19 +0000

Nice job, Theresa! I got nervous myself watching that.

By: Gwen Jackson

Gwen Jackson — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:02:10 +0000

Teresa is way more brave than I am. Good for her!

By: Summer

Summer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:12:31 +0000

I love this! Way to go Teresa! I got chills. Thanks for sharing this. It’s crazy because I feel at home in the mountains and call them my sanity, but the city (not Salt Lake but other larger cities) on the other hand gives me anxiety attacks!

By: mongoliangirl

mongoliangirl — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:13:56 +0000

THAT WAS AMAZING! WOW! What an excellent thing! I found myself rooting for her all the way! Excellent!

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:07:48 +0000

Theresa I know nothing of you but what ijust read. But I will say this. GOOD FOR YOU! I am an outdoor professional, I work as a cnslr. at a residential substance abuse center here in Utah. I do something calle Experiential therapy, it’s learning based on experienceing things.
We talk TONS about 4 zones
Comfort zone: dangerous place to be because we learn nothing, we are immersed in what we already know. Poor decisions come from having a comfortzone that has to do with dangerous situations ie: heights, playing in traffic, heroin use etc.
Groan Zone: not out of the comfort zone just yet but on the way. LOTS of whining and excuse making.
Learning Zone: Not totally sure of what the hell got you here or what you are doing here, but you’re WILLING to give it a go.
Panic Zone: fight or flight time here, crying, screaming, swearing, wetting of pants, vomiting etc. happens here. DANGEROUS place to be, reall poor decision making based on irrational thought patterns, resentments ie: ” I tried that once I’ll never do it again” all that stuff happens here.
You were solidly in YOUR learning zone. You challenged yourself and are today I would dare say better for it and proud of what you did and rightfully so! Keep it up. Come back. Hike something even tougher next time.

By: dave eilers

dave eilers — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:46:42 +0000

Isaac Asimov talked about native city dwellers being claustrophillic and having a significant discomfort of open spaces in one of his novels.

Way to face your fears!